My brickwall is Elizabeth HUDSON, born c1742 (calculated from her age at death in 1805) who married Thomas WAIN of Bradbourne at Kniveton on 1 March 1767 according to the parish register by licence. I don't think the licence, even if it survives, would tell me too much, as they are both over the age of 21 at their marriage. The witnesses do not help, they are not connected to either family as far as I can tell. The only HUDSON family in Kniveton at this time is an Ephraim HUDSON who is married to an Elizabeth. They first seem to appear in Kniveton around 1740 when their daughter Sarah is baptised followed by Ann in 1746, William 1749, Mary 1750, Moses 1752 and Hannah in 1758, therefore my Elizabeth would fit in very well into the gap between Sarah and Ann BUT I cannot find a baptism for her in the parish register. Ephraim and Elizabeth did not marry in Kniveton and Ephraim was not baptised there. There is a baptism for an Ephraim HUDSON in Chapel en le Frith c1717 which would fit in quite well and Ephraim is a relatively uncommon name. Ephraim signed a Declaration regarding the hiring of servants/workers in 1766 so I know he was still at Kniveton at that time, but I have nothing further on him or Elizabeth or their children (apart from the marriage of Elizabeth) after that date. Neither Ephraim nor Elizabeth were buried in Kniveton and none of their other children were married nor buried in Kniveton. Any help would be very gratefully received - there can't be too many Ephraim HUDSONs around surely!! Janet